Tom was honored to present the first planetarium show after the historic observatory's reopening in 2006. From that time until July 10th, 2013, Tom delivered educational and inspiring narrations to thousands of audiences in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium.

"One of the challenges faced by Schmid and his fellow lecturers is that once the show has started, there's no way to slow down, pause or rewind the visuals or soundtrack, so it's up to them to stay in sync. "It's like a musical in some ways," Schmid said. "The orchestration helps me with the mood of the moment, and also with rhythm and time.""